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Next up we have government and economy. If youve seen the news lately, you might have noticed how nigeria's economy has been very unstable and all the math stuff, but recently, as you can see here, it's lost a lot of money, mostly to government corruption. b/c here, this bad government creates a very bad economy, and the citizens in turn lose more oppportnities and such, making it a diffult country to raise a family in.

So, just how bad is this corruption?
Well, from the daily post review, In 2012, Nigeria lost over $400 billion to corruption. From a paper by African Sudies major Muhammed Ladan, $2.2 billion was illegally withdrawn from funds in 2015. A study about the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation showed that 60 million barrels of oil valued at $13.7 billion was stolen under watch.

But it isnt all about oil.

A study from the EuroNews gave these results. These are the top five least trusted services in Nigeria. It can be super difficult to understand, especially since we live in a country with almost the opposite, why no one seems to have faith in the police. But Here's another graph, that somehow correlates with the other. Notice how bribes are paid to basically ONLY jobs having to do with law. Add on the money lost from theft of oil, and you'll start to see a vicious cycle of corruption.

So why do the citizens pay these bribes?

a report from quartz africa says that For the most part, the government’s anti-corruption efforts have been focused on large-scale scams involving prominent government officials But with bribery seemingly institutionalized in public processes, as you've seen with the graph about police, it’s a problem that runs deep. Ironically, part of the cause for this stems from a lack of faith in the willingness of the authorities to crack down on bribery, therefore causing citizens to take part of it themselves in order to remain holding their weight in politics.

Withougt a strong government and trust from Nigerians, corruption and debt will only continue to grow. And like president buhari mentioned himself, If we dont kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.